updated: May 10 , 2002
When she came to play the Woman in Room 217 in The Shining, Cynthia Garris was no stranger to prosthetic makeup: she had previously been a zombie in Michael Jackson’s Thriller and an alien in Critters 2.
Cynthia Garris had, unsurprisingly, found the Critters 2 makeup an ordeal so she commented: When the dream role of Lady 217 came along, I was so tentative about applied makeup, I said I’d only do it if Steve Johnson’s people could come up with something very light and wearer friendly. My wonderful pal Bill Corso experimented with Saran Wrap and latex pieces here and there on my face. The result was a very comfortable makeup.